The Albuquerque Balloon Festival began the year I left for KSU, and I had never seen it until the fall my mom was dying. But Don had never had the opportunity. For that reason we left the cabin for 24 hours to partake in the festivities.
But before we could go to the Festival, we were up early to get a view of the Blood Moon and the full lunar eclipse. It was slightly hazy in Albuquerque so Don's pictures were not nearly as crisp as he would have liked. Once I get them downloaded, one will go here . . . but that could be awhile!
Then an hour later we were on our way to watch the mass ascension of balloons. Since it was windy, they had to delay the start of the event, but within an hour, up launched the first balloon. Unfortunately, the skies clouded over, which affected the colors of the balloons, but we still got a few shots that were pretty.
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| The first balloons at dawn, one lit up by its burner |
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| Some balloons had rather interesting shapes |
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| Wouldn't it have been pretty if the sky had been blue? |
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